1980 Connecticut Senate election

none 1980 Connecticut Senate election Connecticut Legislative Popular No 1978 Connecticut Senate election 1978 1982 Connecticut Senate election 1982 All 36 seats in the Connecticut State Senate 19 November 4, 1980 150x150px File:Joe Lieberman's Senate head shot portrait.jpg Joe Lieberman(retired) Democratic Party (United States) January 8, 1975 District 10 26 23 3 666,008 50.56% File:3x4.svg Richard C. Bozzuto(retired) Republican Party (United States) January 3, 1979 District 32 10 13 3 651,147 49.43% President pro tempore Joseph J. Fauliso Democratic Party (United States) James J. Murphy Jr. Democratic Party (United States) The 1980 Connecticut Senate election was held on November 4, 1980, to determine which party would control the Connecticut State Senate for the following two years. All 36 seats in the Connecticut State Senate were up for election. Prior to the election, 26 seats were held by Democrats and 10 seats were held by Republicans. The general election saw Republicans flip 3 seats, this however meant that Democrats retained their majority in the State Senate.https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.a0005388749&seq=137 The Connecticut register and manual : a state calendar of public officers and institutions yr.1980 babel.hathitrust.org December 8, 2025https://electionhistory.ct.gov/eng/contests/search/year_from:1980/year_to:1980/office_id:48 Election Results Archive electionhistory.ct.gov December 8, 2025 Retirements Democrats District 2: Sanford Cloud Jr. retired. District 10: Joe Lieberman retired to unsuccessfully run for Connecticut's 3rd congressional district. District 23: Salvatore C. DePiano retired. Republicans District 32: Richard C. Bozzuto retired to unsuccessfully run for U.S. Senator of Connecticut. District 34: Lawrence J. DeNardis retired to successfully run for Connecticut's 3rd congressional district. Defeated incumbents In general Democrats District 4: Abraham Glassman lost re-election to Carl A. Zinsser. District 14: John D. Prete lost re-election to Tom Scott. District 15: Louis S. Cutillo lost re-election to Jerry Labriola. District 30: Joseph A. Ruggiero lost re-election to M. Adela Eads. Republicans District 27: Richard Cunningham lost re-election to Thom Serrani. Closest races Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%: red District 4, 0.2% (gain) blue District 5, 0.2% blue District 9, 1.2% blue District 33, 1.2% blue District 12, 1.6% blue District 24, 2.0% red District 30, 5.4% (gain) blue District 35, 7.0% blue District 27, 7.2% (gain) blue District 17, 8.8% Results District 1 District 1 election, 1980 Democratic Party (United States) Joseph J. Fauliso (incumbent) 16,335 76.0% Republican Party (United States) Donald B. LaCroix 5,151 24.0% 21,486 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 2 District 2 election, 1980 Democratic Party (United States) Wilber G. Smith 15,957 81.4% Republican Party (United States) Gha-Is Muhammad 3,641 18.6% 19,598 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 3 District 3 election, 1980 Democratic Party (United States) Marcella Fahey (incumbent) 21,480 65.5% Republican Party (United States) Edward J. Wilson 11,304 34.5% 32,784 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 4 District 4 election, 1980 Republican Party (United States) Carl A. Zinsser 23,234 50.1% Democratic Party (United States) Abraham Glassman (incumbent) 23,154 49.9% 46,388 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 5 District 5 election, 1980 Democratic Party (United States) Clifton A. Leonhardt (incumbent) 24,200 50.1% Republican Party (United States) Charles R. Matties 24,114 49.9% 48,314 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 6 District 6 election, 1980 Republican Party (United States) Nancy Johnson (incumbent) 18,154 65.7% Democratic Party (United States) John V. Zisk Jr. 9,475 34.3% 27,629 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 7 District 7 election, 1980 Democratic Party (United States) Cornelius O'Leary (incumbent) 22,553 62.2% Republican Party (United States) Barbara F. Chain 13,687 37.8% 36,240 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 8 District 8 election, 1980 Republican Party (United States) Russell L. Post Jr. (incumbent) 27,653 59.4% Democratic Party (United States) John D. McKeon 18,911 40.6% 46,564 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 9 District 9 election, 1980 Democratic Party (United States) Bill Curry (incumbent) 24,840 50.6% Republican Party (United States) Charles E. Alfano 24,241 49.4% 49,081 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 10 District 10 election, 1980 Democratic Party (United States) John C. Daniels 18,431 67.7% Republican Party (United States) Brian F. Green 8,780 32.3% 27,211 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 11 District 11 election, 1980 Democratic Party (United States) Anthony M. Ciarlone (incumbent) 16,436 63.7% Republican Party (United States) Elaine W. Noe 9,176 35.6% Independent (United States) James J. Valenti 189 0.7% 25,801 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 12 District 12 election, 1980 Democratic Party (United States) Regina R. Smith (incumbent) 21,664 50.8% Republican Party (United States) Joseph J. Cretella Jr. 20,959 49.2% 42,623 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 13 District 13 election, 1980 Democratic Party (United States) Amelia Mustone (incumbent) 21,082 60.3% Republican Party (United States) Robert Chuck Lockert 13,892 39.7% 34,974 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 14 District 14 election, 1980 Republican Party (United States) Tom Scott 21,809 55.4% Democratic Party (United States) John D. Prete (incumbent) 17,564 44.6% 39,373 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 15 District 15 election, 1980 Republican Party (United States) Jerry Labriola 18,665 56.3% Democratic Party (United States) Louis S. Cutillo (incumbent) 14,475 43.7% 33,140 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 16 District 16 election, 1980 Democratic Party (United States) William J. Sullivan (incumbent) 19,114 56.6% Republican Party (United States) Dante Carrafa 14,683 43.4% 33,797 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 17 District 17 election, 1980 Democratic Party (United States) Eugene A Skowronski (incumbent) 20,950 54.4% Republican Party (United States) Alyce A. Samuelson 17,529 45.6% 38,479 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 18 District 18 election, 1980 Democratic Party (United States) Mary A. Martin (incumbent) 18,050 58.9% Republican Party (United States) Carl V. Stockwell 12,617 41.1% 30,667 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 19 District 19 election, 1980 Democratic Party (United States) James J. Murphy Jr. (incumbent) 20,858 58.3% Republican Party (United States) Reginald L Lewis Jr. 14,948 41.7% 35,806 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 20 District 20 election, 1980 Democratic Party (United States) Richard F. Schneller (incumbent) 21,769 56.0% Republican Party (United States) Sidney J. Holbrook 17,085 44.0% 38,854 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 21 District 21 election, 1980 Republican Party (United States) George Gunther (incumbent) 24,509 63.7% Democratic Party (United States) John W. Sober 13,974 36.3% 38,483 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 22 District 22 election, 1980 Democratic Party (United States) Howard T. Owens Jr. (incumbent) 16,690 55.0% Republican Party (United States) C. David Munich 13,658 45.0% 30,348 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 23 District 23 election, 1980 Democratic Party (United States) Margaret E. Morton 12,158 65.2% Republican Party (United States) Alexander Brown 6,485 34.8% 18,643 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 24 District 24 election, 1980 Democratic Party (United States) Wayne A. Baker (incumbent) 21,049 51.0% Republican Party (United States) Fred V. Miller 20,201 49.0% 41,250 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 25 District 25 election, 1980 Republican Party (United States) Alfred Santaniello Jr. (incumbent) 21,112 64.7% Democratic Party (United States) Sylvester Maultsby 11,460 35.2% 32,572 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 26 District 26 election, 1980 Republican Party (United States) John G. Matthews (incumbent) 32,498 73.3% Democratic Party (United States) Richard H. Saxl 11,826 26.7% 44,324 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 27 District 27 election, 1980 Democratic Party (United States) Thom Serrani 19,073 53.6% Republican Party (United States) Richard Cunningham (incumbent) 16,540 46.4% 35,613 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 28 District 28 election, 1980 Republican Party (United States) Myron R. Ballen (incumbent) 25,587 59.1% Democratic Party (United States) John F. Fallon 17,717 40.9% 43,304 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 29 District 29 election, 1980 Democratic Party (United States) Audrey P. Beck (incumbent) 19,834 61.4% Republican Party (United States) Robert L. Lambert 12,466 38.6% 32,300 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 30 District 30 election, 1980 Republican Party (United States) M. Adela Eads 22,902 52.7% Democratic Party (United States) Joseph A Ruggiero (incumbent) 20,590 47.3% 43,492 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 31 District 31 election, 1980 Democratic Party (United States) Steven C. Casey (incumbent) 22,489 63.2% Republican Party (United States) Joseph Pugliese 13,089 36.8% 35,578 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 32 District 32 election, 1980 Republican Party (United States) William F. Rogers III 29,604 63.2% Democratic Party (United States) Sean C. Butterly 17,261 36.8% 46,865 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 33 District 33 election, 1980 Democratic Party (United States) Frederick R. Knous (incumbent) 23,119 50.6% Republican Party (United States) Douglas E. Smart 22,575 49.4% 45,694 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 34 District 34 election, 1980 Republican Party (United States) Philip S. Robertson 25,084 60.4% Democratic Party (United States) John P. McManus 16,432 39.6% 41,516 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 35 District 35 election, 1980 Democratic Party (United States) Michael J. Skelley (incumbent) 22,342 53.5% Republican Party (United States) Claire H. Frier 19,419 46.5% 41,761 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 36 District 36 election, 1980 Republican Party (United States) Michael L. Morano (incumbent) 24,096 65.5% Democratic Party (United States) Suzanne E. Bailey 12,696 34.5% 36,792 100.0% Republican Party (United States) References Category:1980 Connecticut elections Category:Connecticut Senate elections Category:November 1980 in the United States Category:1980 state legislature elections in the United States